Current:

Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 15th November 1889, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1474

Page 1474
Page 4
4 of 68

On this page

  • Departments (2)
    • f ¦ ooira? " I B3a ' - ¦ TS ¦» Y ' -. - i i
    • St. Dunstan's Housr, E.C. November 15, 1889.
  • Text (5)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      ¦» ' • '¦ ¦ *¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ • ¦ ¦ ...

      ¦» ' ' ¦ ¦ *¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ -- . •¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ , ¦• • ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ... ¦ ,.. ! : ' ¦ ¦ --. ,.- ¦ " == ^ ^ rw ' ^ ^ 0 ^ i 1474 The Publishers' Circular ' 1 f | fa , 9

      F ¦ Ooira? " I B3a ' - ¦ Ts ¦» Y ' -. - I I

      f ¦ ooira ? I B 3 a - TS ¦» Y ' -. - i i

      I Literary Intelligence 14?4 ; < Bditori...

      I LITERARY INTELLIGENCE 14 ? 4 ; < BDITORIAIi EDITORIAL ANNO ANNOUNCE UNCE MUNT MINT 1475 1475

      BOOKS AND RUMOURS OF BOOKS 1475 NOTES AND NEWS 1476

      OONTINENTAIi NOTES 1479 CORRESPONDENCE 1481

      THE LITERARY HISTORY-OF EDINBURGH ...... 1481 THE REPRODUCTION OF BOOKS BY CHEMICAL

      PROCESSES 1482 A GLANCE AT BIBLIOGRAPHY IN FRANCE . —1 ^ .-1482

      COMPOSITORS A HUNDRED YEARS AGO 1483 THE SOCIETY OF ARTS »* : 1484

      TECHNICAL EDUCATION 1484 THE CRYPTOGRAPH 1484

      BOOKMAKING IN SPA ^ N FIFTY YEARS AGO 14 $ *

      THE BOOKSELLERS' PROVIDENT INSTITUTION ,. 1485

      ' IN MEMORIAM ..... U 85 TRADE CHANGES" i 486

      REVIEWS , < fcc i 486 m ; INDEX TO BOOKS PUBLISHED ' IN GREAT

      BRITAIN BETWEEN NOVEMBER ^ ' & 15 . V .... 1491 * BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN

      FRO | £ NOVEMBER 1 TO 15 i 494 AMERICAN NEW BOOKS i 5 Oo

      NEW BOOKS AND BOOKS LATELY PUBLISHED 1502—1521

      MISCELLANEOUS . 1522—1529 BUSINESS CARDS . 1527 , 1528

      ASSISTANTS WANTED 1529 WANT SITUATIONS 1529

      BOOKS FOR SALE 1529

      BOOKS WANTED TO PURCHASE 1530

      St. Dunstan's Housr, E.C. November 15, 1889.

      St . Dunstan ' s Housr , E . C . November 15 , 1889 .

      Slr Sydney Waterlow Has Long Been Known ...

      SLR SYDNEY WATERLOW has long been known , as a true friend of the people , and

      the gift of a public park to London , which was announced at the meeting of the County

      Council on Tuesday , is only the latest and most generous exhibition of the public spirit which

      has always marked his busy and beneficent career . The thanks of the whole community

      are due to the generous donor of nearly thirty acres of wooded and picturesque ground on

      the southern slope of Highgate « fc ^ V Hill , and printers a . may » well be praud " ¦ of the fact that

      the gift has come from the hands of an honoured member of their own craft . In the

      letter which contained the announcement of ¦ his - ^ H »^ y intention ff V ^/ M . M * V *^^ AA , « rs Sir * - * i ^ S ** " ^ y « T d ^^^ ney ^^ " ^ */ W ^ a ^ t ** er - ^ m * l < m ow ^^ v v wrote v V ^ ^^ v ^^ :

      C I have seen much of the poorer people of London ' both individually and collectively ,

      and the , experience thus gained has led me to the conclusion that one of the best methods

      of improving and elevating the social and phy-\ sical condition of the working classes of this

      \ great metropolis is to provide them with decent well-ventilated houses , on

      self-supporting principles and to secure for them an increased number of public ' parks , ' recreation

      ; grounds , and open spaces . ' Lord Rosebery well described the proposal as a ' noble gift '

      and added with no less justice that the value , of the act was enhanced by the terms in which

      it was conveyed . No chance impulse , we can well imagine

      has prompted Sir Sydney Waterlow to help , forward , in this substantial and graceful v

      manner , one of the wisest and most humane j movements of the present age . All his life

      long he has kept himself in touch with the J people , and by practical sympathy and personal

      investigation has learned to understand their

      most pressing wants . As a boy of fourteen , he wasapprenticed to the late Mr . Thomas ^

      Harrison , the Government printer , and , whilst still a youth , had charge of the confidential

      printing at the Foreign Office . It is unnecessary that we should attempt to trace his

      subsequent career either in business or in public life ; but we ought , at least , to mention , in

      passing , that for many years he was the energetic head of the great firm now known as

      Waterlow & Sons , Limited , atid that his services to commerce and p hilanthropy Mm Vled

      Her Majesty , in 1872 , to confer upon him a ' baronetcy . Both as Lord Mayor of London ,

      and in Parliament , Sir Sydney UVaterlow has always . proved himself to be on the side of

      social progress and municipal reform . Although the streets of London are

      assuredly not ^> aved with gold ' many princely fortunes have been made in them during the

      Victorian Era , and therefore it is somewhat disappointing MT A . CJ to find how rarely , wwithin that

      period , any act of conspicuous munificence has called for public acknowledgment . Wise and

      open-handed benefactors have again and again arisen in great provincial centres of trade and

      commerce such as Liverpool , Manchester , BirminghamSheffield , and Bradfordbut the

      annals of the , metropolis have been singularly , barren of that hearty and undemonstrative

      recognition of the claims of others which has manifestly called forth $ xe gift wjiich the

      printer-philanthropist has just made to his fellow citizens . No doubt the very magnitude

      problems ^ of ^^ London - ----- — , ^ which ^ , -. and - - it the m ^ , m ^ - presents ^_ - complexit — ,-.- ^ Tv - , m— is „ y answerable - ^^^^ m ^^^^ of mr ^^ v ^ the ^ 9 ^ ^^~ ' ^ " ^ ^ social ¦ ¦ for

      the apathy which hitherto , with a few noble exceptions , has commonly prevailed Now » j

      however —— , —— a brighter i ¦ day seem s dawning i -- ~ on zzzm U ===-= , „

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 15, 1889, page 1474, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15111889/page/4/